70,000 federal job seekers' applications were lost

Federal job seekers' applications lost when hiring system goes down
By STEPHEN LOSEY | Last Updated:August 16, 2011

About 70,000 federal job seekers' applications were lost when the government's major online hiring system went down for several days last week.

The Office of Personnel Management's USA Staffing system — which posts vacancy announcements on USAJobs.gov and accepts, rates and ranks job applications — was unexpectedly taken down Aug. 9, according to an Aug. 12 listserv notice from the Health and Human Services Department. OPM brought it back online two days later, but had to revert to a backup version stored on Aug. 7, HHS said. This meant that job applications submitted between late afternoon Aug. 7 to midday Aug. 9 were lost.
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The Air Force is cutting jobs,,,,

AF is offering buyouts and early outs, freezing hiring
An uncertain budget outlook is driving the Air Force to cut about 4,000 civilian positions shortly after the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1. Another 2,000 summer hires will go off the books Sept. 30.
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The Army is cutting jobs

The Army plans to cut 8,741 civilian jobs by October 2012.

Army Secretary John McHugh on July 11 ordered leaders throughout the Army to immediately start cutting their staffing to help meet former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' mandated efficiency initiatives. The Army is losing $834 million in operations and maintenance funding as part of those cuts.
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But it is all about to get a lot worse.


GOP plan would slash 200,000 to 300,000 federal jobs